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PFL Week 1 predictions: Which welterweights, featherweights do we like out of the chute in 2025?

The PFL is back for its 2025 season, and welterweights and featherweights will kick things off in Florida.

2025 PFL 1 (ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place Thursday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla.

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev

Records: Kennedy (19-5), Khaybulaev (21-0-1)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Kennedy +550, Khaybulaev -800
Junkie pick results: Khaybulaev 10, Kennedy 1

Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev

Logan Storley vs. Joseph Luciano

Records: Storley (16-3), Luciano (10-2)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.02.25): Storley -380, Luciano +300
Junkie pick results: Storley 11, Luciano 0

Joseph Luciano vs. Logan Storley

Adam Borics vs. Jesus Pinedo

Records: Borics (19-2), Pinedo (23-6-1)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Borics +130, Pinedo -155
Junkie pick results: Pinedo 8, Borics 3

Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics

Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov

Records: Jackson (18-5), Koreshkov (28-5)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.25): Jackson -230, Koreshkov +190
Junkie pick results: Jackson 8, Koreshkov 3

Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov

Check out all the main card picks below.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

Jackson
vs.
Koreshkov
Borics
vs.
Pinedo
Storley
vs.
Luciano
Kennedy
vs.
Khaybulaev
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
35-23

Jackson
(68%)

Borics
(52%)

Storley
(72%)

Khaybulaev
(87%)
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
38-20
2024 Champion

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Ken Hathaway
@1khathaway
36-22
2017, 2022, 2024 Champion

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
36-22
2017 Champion

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Nolan King
@mma_kings
36-22
2023 Champion

Jackson

Borics

Storley

Khaybulaev
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
35-23
2014 Champion

Koreshkov

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Matt Erickson
@MattE
35-23

Koreshkov

Borics

Storley

Khaybulaev
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
33-25

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Kennedy
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
32-26

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
31-27

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
30-28

Jackson

Pinedo

Storley

Khaybulaev
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
29-29

Koreshkov

Borics

Storley

Khaybulaev

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 1.

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